Warning: Change Your eBay Passwords

Another day, another cyberattack. This time on the web's leading auction site.

Hey, eBay fan, add this to your to-do list today: The online auction site is urging all its users to change their passwords immediately in the wake of a cyberattack that hit the site's encrypted password database, compromising users' security and divulging their personal information.

The site claims that the attack was orchestrated between late February and early March, but wasn't detected until two weeks ago. Unauthorized access to employee login credentials allowed hackers to obtain eBay users' full names, birthdays, email addresses, physical addresses, and phone numbers, but according to eBay, no fraudulent transactions were made on users' account, and financial records, such as credit card information, remained secure in PayPal's separate network.

"For the time being, we cannot comment on the specific number of accounts impacted. However, we believe there may be a large number of accounts involved, and we are asking all eBay users to change their passwords," eBay spokeswoman Kari Ramirez said.

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